I am an Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at IILM, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. My teaching and research focus on organisational behaviour and human resource management. I have held faculty positions at UPES School of Business, the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, and Hindu Institute of Management. I also worked as a Teaching Assistant at IIT Roorkee.

I completed my Ph.D. in Management at IIT Roorkee. My doctoral research examined the impact of emotional stability and job crafting on innovative work behaviour. I also hold an M.Com. in Human Resource Management and International Business from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, and a B.Com. from Ramjas College, University of Delhi.

My research interests include ambidextrous leadership, job crafting, emotional stability, innovative work behaviour, job demands and resources, and creativity. My work has appeared in or been accepted by journals including Personality and Individual Differences, the European Journal of Training and Development, The American Journal of Psychology, and the International Journal of Organizational Analysis.

Qualifications and Education

• Ph.D. in Management, Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 2025
  Thesis: Impact of Emotional Stability and Job Crafting on Innovative Work Behaviour
• M.Com. in Human Resource Management and International Business, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, 2020
• B.Com., Ramjas College, University of Delhi, 2018

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, IILM, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – October 2026 to present
• Assistant Professor – Senior Scale, HR and OB, UPES School of Business, Dehradun – April 2025 to October 2026
• Assistant Professor, HR and OB, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli – January to April 2025
• Assistant Professor, HR and OB, Hindu Institute of Management, Sonipat – April 2021 to April 2022
• Teaching Assistant, IIT Roorkee – July 2022 to December 2024

Courses Taught

• Organisational Behaviour
• AI in HRM
• Digital HRM
• Human Resource Management
• Compensation Management
• Principles and Practice of Management

Research Interests

Ambidextrous leadership; job crafting; emotional stability; innovative work behaviour; job demands and resources; creativity; and idea generation and realization.

Publications

• Saini, A., Dutta, A., & Sharma, R. K. (2026). “Hard-work orientation as an individual difference: Passion and subjective vitality as sequential mechanisms of student engagement.” Personality and Individual Differences. ABDC A; Scopus Q1.
• Dutta, A., & Saini, A. (2026). “Creating knowledge networks: How co-worker support and interaction drive communities of practice.” International Journal of Organizational Analysis. ABDC B; Scopus Q1.
• Saini, A., & Rangnekar, S. (2024). “Exploring the relationship between challenging job demands and idea realization: Uncovering the role of structural job resources and social job resources.” The American Journal of Psychology, 137(4), 357–374. ABDC B; Scopus.
• Dutta, A., & Saini, A. (2026). “Linking training to teamwork preference: The intermediary function of coworker support.” European Journal of Training and Development. ABDC- C; Scopus Q1.
• Saini, A., & Rangnekar, S. “Crafting Innovation: The Nexus of Structural Job Resources and Idea Dynamics.” International Journal of Business Excellence. Accepted for publication; Scopus.
• Saini, A., & Rangnekar, S. (2024). “Impact of Job Demands and Resources on Idea Generation: A COR Theory Perspective.” Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales, 27(2). ABDC C.

Academic Engagement

In March 2026, I spoke at IIT Mandi on “Leading Individuals and Groups in the Age of AI: Theory Building and Research Publication Strategies.” I have presented research at GLOGIFT in France and at the International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Pathways to Viksit Bharat. I also served as a session chair at HOPE 2025: Global Conference on the Science of Happiness and Human Flourishing.

Certifications and Professional Development

• ICSSR-sponsored Capacity Building Programme on Strengthening Research Competencies: From Paradigms to Publication, South Asian University, 2026
• Faculty Development Programme on advanced structural equation modelling, including PLS-SEM and fsQCA, 2025
• One-week Faculty Development Programme on case teaching and writing, UPES, 2025
• Workshop on PLS-SEM using R and RStudio, 2023–2024
• Workshops on systematic literature review and meta-analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling, 2022